Professor Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics, who is running the Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory, is pursuing research to use SOLAR ENERGY TO GENERATE LOW COST CHEMICAL FUELS.
Our sources tells us that his first visit outside the US following his nomination will be (if accepts the invitation by his local colleagues) to meet professor Aldo Steinfeld, head Solar Technology Laboratory, Paul Scherrer institute and Professor Jacob Karni from the Weizmann Institute, at the Renewable Energy international Conference in Eilat in Feb 2009. The three of them will discuss at this most excting conference the next generation of solar thermal technologies and how it can contribute to solving world’s energy and climate issues.
President Shimon Peres was invited to open this event, which one of its goals is to initiate an international collaborative work plan. Integration of Renewable energy sources into the grid – is another huge issue that will be discussed at the conference, and The Peace Smart Grid, which could start in Israel and be applied globally – will be presented and brianstormed.
